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The Lamy Safari fountain pen is my favorite pen for everyday use. I have been using a charcoal grey safari pen for years and recently realized that I could use a second one. The first with black ink and the second with red ink. The safari pen is quite stylish and gets noticed whenever I use it out in public. I use a fine tip which is very strong and provides a smooth line, so writing is easy. The grip is unique and assures that I am holding the pen correctly. It is very comfortable. The body of the pen is very durable and the cap fits securely with a satisfying click. I have never experienced an ink leak!The pen comes in a cardboard box with no documentation and one disposable T10 ink cartridge (blue). There is a cardboard ring which prevents the cartridge from connecting to the pen tip. This is for shipping. You would remove the cardboard ring and screw the end piece to the tip to connect the ink to the tip. If you wish to skip the disposable ink cartridges and use ink from a bottle, you will need to purchase a model X28 converter, sold separately. (NOTE: Lamy makes two different converters for their fountain pens and only the Z28 is compatible with the safari fountain pen.)

Oh my God, I love this pen. I want to try the al star but I'm afraid it's out of my price range right now but I'm going to give the safari a great review on the tube, YouTube that is....lol

It's been almost 40 years since I last used a fountain pen. I remember always having ink on my fingers, and the with of the line that the older fountain pens put down was much wider and if you didn't lift the pen off the paper the ink would keep coming out onto the paper. Also, the ink would smear if you didn't give the ink enough time to dry.I saw a TV show that was on CBS on Sunday mornings about fountain pens which sparked my interest. I did a search on Amazon for fountain pens and sorted the pens by "Bestselling". The Lamy Safari Fountain Pen was at the top. I value the reviews by other people on Amazon so I thought I would give the Lamy Safari Fountain Pen a try. Since my first purchase of the Lamy Safari Fountain Pen, I have bought two other Lamy Safari Fountain Pens and a Lamy Safari Mechanical Pencil. I just love my Lamy Safari Fountain Pens. I was using a "Uni-ball 207" pen and I think the Lamy Safari Fountain Pen writes just as well as the "Uni-ball 207" pen. I have both the Lamy Safari Fountain Pen in fine and extra fine nibs. Both the fine and extra fine write a little wider of a line than the "Uni-ball 207". I find the fine nib writes smoother than the extra fine nib and the width of the line is pretty closed to being the same. I left the pen on the paper and the ink doesn't pooled onto the paper like the older fountain pens. The Lamy Safari Fountain Pen will leave a dot maybe twice as large if the pen is left on the paper for 5 seconds or more. One thing I find you can not do is write on carbonless paper with the fountain pen and transfer through to the carbonless paper. Keep in mind that fountain inks are water based and will wash off with water if in water long enough so if you want a permanent ink then use "Noodler's Bulletproof ink". I find that the water based fountain ink dries as fast as the ink in the "Uni-ball 207" pen or even faster. I hardly ever get ink on my fingers using the Lamy Safari Fountain Pens. I've been told that the plastic that Lamy uses on the "Safari Fountain Pens" is the same as the plastic used in making Legos. The pen is very comfortable to use and very light. The diameter of the pen is wider than "Uni-ball 207" pen but not by much. You need to put the cap back on the pen if not in use otherwise the ink dries and the pen will not write until you get the ink flowing again.

i flushed the blue out, as usual, and then put in the ink cartridge. wrote smooth and great. you can buy converters for these, but converters tend to cause flow problems in most pens. its not too hard to clean cartridges, but with a syringe, you can flush the cartridge and fill it when its dried out with any color of ink you can buy for fountain pens. i must say, every time i use their ink in the lamy cartridge, it writes kind of dry and is irritating. i suspect the ink they give with the pen is watered down a bit so that it lasts longer in storage? idk. one other thing, if you like the silver clip, you will love this pen, but black and red clips are less glaring than this one. you don't think it will be such a big deal but wow it just clashes so bad. i think they should get rid of all the stainless steel colored clips. it looks too sterile and paperclippy. good pen though!

just got my new lamy safari fountain pen and for the most part its good but for someone like me who has a larger hand its harder to right with compared to a normal ballpoint pen or pencil since theres no specific spot to grip on them and just like any other pencil or pen ive used before it hurts my hand to wright with after awhile besides that it rights so smooth its light weight and i can always refill it with either cartages or bottled ink once my converter gets here besides it being a little on the small side i think its a good pen

I really like traveling with this pen both domestic and internationally. The metal clip makes great storing on my Traveler’s Notebook. Using T10 cartridges, I have not had a leak to and from Europe (8-10 hrs) on multiple flights. I would think a converters would be a better advantage, but I have not tried them yet. It writes smoothly and ink flows very well. It is also very light and a large range of colors to choose from. It is a quality pen and I would recommend it to anyone getting into fountain pens or experienced with them.

I have several LAMY’s. All are dependable and a joy to write with. Easy to swap nibs. I prefer the fine. Medium is too heavy and extra fine is too scratchy

I like my Lamy Safari fountain pen very much. Although it is not the prettiest pen (for my taste), it is a great writing pen. It also has "guides" to help me hold it properly. This is important for me, since I am not used to writing fountain pens.A good fountain pen writes under its own weight (without needing you to apply pressure to the page), immediately starts when put to the paper after being capped for a few days, and doesn't skip when you write quickly. The Safari does all these things for a good price, so I give it 5 stars.This is NOT to say it is a perfect pen. The nib widths are not well controlled-- I read accounts of others who ordered a fine nib which actually gave medium line widths, so I ordered a fine instead of a medium. My fine nib, however, makes an extra fine line. Other reviewers (on other web sites) have noticed the same thing.Also, the pen does not come with a converter-- it is $4.95 (+ shipping) extra on amazon; without it you have to buy cartridges, or use a syringe to pull ink from bottles and refill your cartridge.Finally, is is made of plastic. It is a hard, durable plastic, but it obviously is plastic.Given the price, though, this is a great starter pen.

The Lamy Safari is a (fairly) dependable sketching pen. I purchased one over 30 years ago: it still works well. I purchased this second pen to fill with a greyish waterfast ink and have the old Safari filled with a brownish waterfast ink -- two pens to take with me for on-site sketching & painting. At the same time I purchased this Lamy Safari I purchased two Lamy Refill Converters (Z28) to allow me to refill the pens with my preferred ink. I also purchased a new nib to convert my old Lamy Safari from a Medium Nib to a Fine Nib pen (a simple process.) The Lamy Safari is fairly easy to maintain, and so far seems to be trouble free even considering the use of waterfast ink -- I suspect using the pens every day is the secret to keeping them alive.

I love these pens, I use them out on sites and they manage to survive that so they must be good. Good quality nibs and great with the refillable cartridge.

Very happy with the quality and price.

This pen takes some waterproof inks well without getting blocked. Wonderful to write and draw with.

Great pen, and offers great value. I love the colour and the practicality of being able to change the nibs!Looks stylish too.